67452211 Common Questions Asked by Hindus About Islam

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1.

IDOL USED FOR CONCENTRATION

Question:

The Hindu Pundits and Scholars agree that the Vedasand other Hindu religious scriptures prohibit idol worship,but initially because the mind may not be matured, anidol is required for concentration while worshipping. Afterthe mind reaches higher consciousness, the idol is notrequired for concentration.

Answer :

1. Muslims h!e re"he# the hi$her le!el o%

"ons"iousness

Muslims h!e re"he# the hi$her le!el o%

"ons"iousness. I% n i#ol is re&uire# %or

"on"entrtion onl' in the initil st$es n# not

lter on when the min# re"hes hi$her

"ons"iousness then I woul# li(e to s' the

Muslims h!e lre#' re"he# the stte o%

hi$her "ons"iousness )e"use when we

worshi* Allh +swt, we #o not re&uire n' i#ol

or sttue.

-. Chil# s(s wh' #oes it thun#er

/hen I ws #is"ussin$ with Swmi in IRF. 0e

si# tht when our "hil# s(s us 2/h' #oes

the s(' thun#er2 we re*l' tht 2ee m

"h((i *ees rhi hi2 the $rn#mother is

$rin#in$ %lour in the he!en3 )e"use he is too


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'oun$ to un#erstn#. Similrl' in the initil

st$es *eo*le re&uire n i#ol %or "on"entrtion.

In Islam we dont belie!e in telling a lie, e!en if its a

white lie. I will ne!er gi!e such a wrong answer to

my child because later on when he goes to school

and learns that the thundering sound after lightning

is due to the e"pansion of rapidly heated air, he will

either thin# that the teacher is lying or later on

when he understands the fact he will conclude thatthe father is a liar. If you feel that the child may not

understand certain difficult things you should

simplify the answer rather than gi!e a wrong

fictitious reply. If you, yourself do not #now the

answer, you should ha!e the guts to be truthful and

say $I dont #now. %ut many children nowadays will

not be satisfied with this answer. If this answer was

gi!en to my son, he would say &Abba 'father(, why

dont you #now) This will compel you to do your

homewor# and thus educate yourself as well as

your child.

3. Those in stn#r# one re&uire i#ol %or

"on"entrtion 4 +- 5 - 6 7 will remin sme in

stn#r# one n# ten,

Some pundits while trying to con!ince me

regarding idol worship said that in standard one the

student is initially taught to worship *od by

concentrating with the help of an idol but later on

when he graduates he no longer requires the idol to


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concentrate while worshipping the *od.

A !ery important fact to be noted is that only if the

fundamentals of any particular sub+ect is strong,

then only will he be able to e"cel in future for e.g. A

teacher of mathematics in standard one teaches

the students that - / irrespecti!e whether the

student passes school or does graduation or does

a Ph. 0. in mathematics, the basics of - / will

yet remain the same, it will not change to 1 or 2. Inhigher standards the student, besides addition may

learn about Algebra, Trigonometry, 3ogarithm, etc.

but the fundamental of addition will yet remain the

same. If the teacher in standard one itself teaches

the fundamentals wrong, how can you e"pect the

student to e"cel in future)

It is the fundamental principal of the Vedas

regarding the concept of *od that He has got no

image, so how can the Scholars e!en after #nowing

this fact #eep silent at the wrong practice being

done by people.

4ill you tell your son who is in standard one that

plus is not equal to / but 1 or 2 and only confirm

the truth after he passes school) 5e!er. In fact if

he ma#es a mista#e you will correct him and say it

is / and not wait till he graduates6 and if you dont

correct him initially you will ruin his future.


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-.

/ATER IS CALLED 89 DIFFERENT NAMES INDIFFERENT LANUAES 4 OD IS CALLED 89

DIFFERENT NAMES AS ALLA0 RAM OR ;ESUS

Question:

4ater is called by different names in different languages7in 8nglish as water, in Hindi as paani, in Tamil as tanni.Similarly if *od is called either Allah, 9am or :esus, is itnot one and the same)

Answer:

1. To Allh )elon$s the Most 8euti%ul

Nmes

The *lorious ;uran says in Surah Isra chapter


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languages, li#e water in 8nglish, paaniin Hindi,

tanniin Tamil, mai in Arabic, apahin Sans#rit, +al

in Shudh Hindi, +alor paani in *u+rati, pandiin@arathi, neerin Eannad, neeruin Telugu, !ellam in

@alayalam, etc. If a person tells me that his friend

has ad!ised that e!eryday early in the morning he

should ha!e one glass of paani, but he is unable to

drin# it because when he drin#s it, he feels li#e

!omiting. Fn enquiry he says that the paanistin#s

and it is yellowish in colour. 3ater I realise that what

he is referring to as paaniis not water but urine.

Thus you can call water by different names ha!ing

the same meaning but you cannot call other things

as water or paani.

People may thin# that the e"ample is not realistic

and I agree with them because e!en an ignorant

person #nows the difference between water and

urine. He will ha!e to be a fool to call urine $water.

Similarly when any person who #nows the correct

concept of *od, sees people worshipping false

gods, he naturally wonders how a person cannot

differentiate between a true *od and false gods.

3.


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person wants to sell you his gold +ewellery and

says this is / carat pure sona, you will not blindly

belie!e, without !erifying it with a goldsmith. Thegoldsmith confirms whether it is gold or not with the

help of a touchstone. The yellow glittering +ewellery

may not be gold, because all that glitters is not

gold.

4. Surh I(hls is the Tou"hstone o%

Theolo$'.Similarly, any person or candidate who is called

*od cannot be accepted as the true *od without

!erifying him with the touchstone. The touchstone

of theology, that is study of *od, is Surah I#hlas

chapter


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is Islm whi"h is the %irst n# the ol#est o% ll

reli$ions.


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re!isions in its s"ri*tures re!ele# %rom o#

Jor any religion to be pure and authentic, its

scriptures should not contain any interpolation,addition, deletion or re!ision. @oreo!er the

religions source of inspiration and direction should

be Almighty *od. The ;uran is the only religious

scripture on the face of the earth which has been

maintained it its original form. All the other religious

scriptures, of all the other religions ha!e

interpolations, additions, deletions or re!isions. The

;uran has been in the memory of a multitude of

people, intact in its original form e!er since its

re!elation, and now there are hundreds of

thousands of people who ha!e preser!ed it in their

memory. @oreo!er, if you compare the copies

made by ?aliph Kthman from the original ;uranwhich is yet present in the museum in Tash#ent

and in Eopta#i museum in Tur#ey, they are the

same as the ones we possess today.

Allah 'swt( promises in the ;uran, in Surah Al Hi+r,

chapter


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1Bth "entur' "r is )etter thn To'ot "r

mnu%"ture# in 1BB )e"use it is ol#er. 0e

woul# )e "onsi#ere# to )e %ool to s' tht his1Bth "entur' "r whi"h re&uire# ro# to )e

turne# in "ir"les to strt it is )etter thn (e'

strt 1BB To'ot "r ust )e"use it is ol#er.

. The ltest reli$ion nee# not )e the )est

reli$ion

On the other hn# reli$ion "nnot )e "lle# sthe )est reli$ion onl' on the "riterion tht the

reli$ion is new or tht it "me lter. It is similr

to *erson who s's tht m' @@ "" SuGu(i "r

mnu%"ture# in 1BBB is )etter thn =@@@ ""

Mer"e#es =@@ SEL mnu%"ture# in 1BBH. To

u#$e whi"h "r is )etter *erson shoul#

"om*re the s*e"i%i"tions o% the "r e.$. the

*ower o% the "r s%et' mesures the "*"it'

o% the "'lin#ers the *i"(u* the s*ee# the

"om%ort et". =@@@ "" Mer"e#es =@@ SEL "r

mnu%"ture# in 1BBH is %r su*erior n# )etter

thn @@ "" SuGu(i +Mruti SuGu(i @@,

mnu%"ture# in 1BBB.

7. A reli$ion is )est i% it hs the solutions to

the *ro)lems o% mn(in#

Jor a religion to be considered the best, it should

ha!e the solution to all the problems of man#ind. It

should be the religion of truth, and should be

applicable to all ages. Islam is the only religion


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which has the solution to all the problems of

man#ind. e.g. the problem of alcoholism, surplus

women, rape and molestation, robbery, racism,casteism, etc.

Islam is the religion of truth, and its laws and

solutions are applicable to all the ages. The ;uran

is the only religious boo# on the face of the earth,

which has maintained its purity and authenticity

pro!ing itself to be the word of *od in all the ages.i.e. pre!iously, when it was the age of miracles,

literature and poetry and in present times when it is

the age of science and technology. @oreo!er,

Islam is not a manBmade religion, but a religion

re!ealed and inspired by Almighty *od. It is the

only religion acceptable in His Sight.

=.8UR9IN 8ETTER T0AN CREMATIN DEAD 8ODies

Question:

4hy do @uslims bury dead bodies instead of crematingthem, i.e. burning them)

Answer:

1. Com*onents o% humn )o#' *resent in

the soil

8lements that are present in the human body are

present in lesser or greater quantity in the soil.Hence it is more scientific to bury a dead body, as it


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easily gets decomposed and mi"ed in the soil.

2. No


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%or )ur'in$ nother )o#' %ter %ew 'ers sin"e

the humn )o#' $ets #e"om*ose# n# mie#

in the soil.

. 8INDI AND MANALSUTRA

4hy do the @uslim married women notput bindior tikaon the forehead and wear Mangalsutra,li#e Hindu married women)

1. Bindior tika

%indi is deri!ed from the sans#rit word bindu, which

means a $dot. It is usually a red dot made with

!ermilion powder and is worn by the Hindu women

between their eyebrows on their forehead.

Bindiis considered a symbol of $Par!ati and

signifies female energy which is belie!ed by Hindus

to protect women and their husbands. It is

traditionally a symbol of marriage and is worn by

the Hindu married women. It is also called as tika.

2. Bindihs )e"ome %shion

5owadays, wearing bindihas become a fashion

and is e!en worn by unmarried girls and women.

The shape of the bindiis no longer restricted to a

dot and is a!ailable in !arious shapes, including

o!al, star, heart shaped, etc. It is e!en a!ailable in

different bright colours li#e blue, green, yellow,

orange, etc. The material of the bindi is no longer

restricted to !ermilion powder, but is made ofcoloured felt and other material. It is also a!ailable


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in a !ariety of designs in combination with coloured

glass, glitter, etc.

3. Mangalsutra

Mangalsutra means a thread of good-will. It is a

necklace worn specially by Hindu married women

as a symbol of their marriage. It consists of two

strings of black beads with a pendant usually of

gold. The black beads are believed to act as a

protection against evil. It is believed to protect the

womens marriage and the life of her husband. In

southern India! mangalsutra is called tali! which is

a small gold ornament string on a cotton cord or a

gold chain.

Hindu @arried women are ne!er supposed to

remo!e their mangalsutra. It is only cut off when a

Hindu lady becomes a widow.

4. Allh Is the


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It is mentioned in se!eral places in the *lorius

;uran including

Surah Ali Imran ?hapter Verse and SurahAlha++ ?hapter Verse =M

&Allah is your Protector, and He is the best of

helpers.&

4earing a bindior mangalsutrasignifies a lac# of

faith in Almighty *od, our ?reator, who is the best

to protect.

5. A$inst the Islmi" Dress Co#e

4earing a bindior mangalsutrais a sign of Hindu

women. The Islamic dress code does not permit a

@uslim to wear any sign, symbol or mar# which is

specially significant of a nonB@uslim.

6. In Islm 8oth Mrrie# n# Unmrrie#

women shoul# not )e Tese#

Fnce, a Hindu friend of mine, while mentioning the

benefits ofmangalsutrasaid that it easily identifies a

married women, and thus pre!ents them from

being teased and molested. According to Islam,

each and e!ery woman, whether married or

unmarried, @uslim or 5onB@uslim, should neither

be teased nor molested.

H. TAIN NAME OF EM


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4hy do @uslims ta#e the name of 8mperor A#bar whilecalling people to pray)

Answer:

1. Non Muslim misun#erstn# tht Em*eror

A()rJs nme is t(en inAdhaan

Fnce, when I attended a conference in Eerala, a

nonB@uslim minister spo#e +ust before my speech.

He was highlighting the achie!ements of the Indian@uslims and their role in the progress of India. He

said that amongst the Indian #ings, the greatest

was 8mperor A#bar. 5o wonder the @uslims ta#e

his name fi!e times a day, while calling people to

pray. 0uring my speech howe!er, I clarified this

misconception.

2. The KA()rJ wor# o% theAdhaan hs

nothin$ to #o with Em*eror A()r

The word $A#bar mentioned in the"dhaan which is

gi!en to call people to pray has nothing to do with

8mperor A#bar of India.The words in

the"dhaan were used centuries before the birth of

8mperor A#bar.

3. KA()rJ mens KretJ

The Arabic word $A#bar means $great. 4hen we

say $Allahu A#bar in the Adhaan we proclaim that

$Allah is *reat or $Allah is the *reatest and we call


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people to worship the one and only Allah who is the

*reatest.

./09 DONJT MUSLIMS IN INDIA FOLLO/ T0EISLAMIC CRIMINAL LA/

Question

4hen @uslims in India insist on ha!ing a separate@uslim Personal 3aw for themsel!es, why dont they alsoinsist on implementing the Islamic ?riminal 3aw for the

@uslims6 for e"ample implementing the rule that therobbers hands should be chopped off if a @uslim robs)

Answer:

1. Muslim


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wish.

?. Islmi"


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without in!ol!in$ the NonMuslims

E!en i% Muslim $rees tht s %r s he

"ommits "rime he shoul# )e $i!en the*unishment ""or#in$ to Islmi" Criminl Lw

it woul# not )e *r"ti"l. In "se n lle$tion

is m#e $inst Muslim %or ro))er' n# i% the

witnesses re NonMuslims n# i% e"h one

%ollows his own Criminl Lw the *unishment

in Islm %or )erin$ %lse witness is @ lshes

wheres in the In#in Crimil Lw *erson

$i!in$ %lse witness "n esil' es"*e. Thus

%or nonMuslim to %lsel' ""use Muslim o%

n' "rime is !er' es' i% )oth %ollow their own

"riminl lw. 0owe!er i% )oth %ollow the In#in

Lw where the *unishment is lenient %or %lse

witnesses n# ro))ers it will en"our$e )oththe ro))er to ro) s well s en"our$e the

witnesses to $i!e %lse witness %or their own

)ene%it.

7. The Muslims in In#i woul# *re%er the

Islmi" Criminl Lw to )e im*lemente# on ll

In#ins

4e @uslims would prefer that in India the Islamic

?riminal 3aw be implemented on all the Indians,

since, chopping the hands of a thief will surely

reduce the rate of robbery in India. Similarly, M>

lashes for gi!ing false testimony will pre!ent a

person from gi!ing false witness.


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. Islmi" Criminl Lw is Most


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ha!ing li!ed among them 'in the past(.&

AlB;uran 17/C

. A similar message is repeated in Surah

9ad, chapter


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A)rhm Moses ;esus Muhmme# +*)ut,

7. More thn 1-7@@@ *ro*hets o% o#

A""or#in$ to C


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H.


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5arrated :abir bin Abdullah7 Allahs

@essenger said,

&8!ery Prophet used to be sent to his nation

only but I ha!e been sent to all man#ind.&

8. /hi"h *ro*het ws sent to In#i

Re$r#in$ the &uestion o% whi"h *ro*het o%

o# ws sent to In#i n# "n we "onsi#er

Rm or rishn to )e *ro*hets o% o# there isno tet in the QurJn or Shih 0#ith

mentionin$ the nme o% the *ro*het tht ws

sent to In#i. Sin"e the nmes o% Rm n#

rishn re nowhere to )e %oun# in the QurJn

n# Shih 0#ith one "nnot s' %or sure

whether the' were *ro*hets o% o# or not.

Some Muslims es*e"ill' "ertin Muslim

*oliti"ins who tr' to **ese the 0in#us s'

RmAlai-his-salaam i.e. Rm m' *e"e )e on

him. This is totll' wron$ sin"e there is no

uthenti" *roo% %rom the QurJn n# Shih

0#ith tht he ws *ro*het o% o#. 0owe!er

*erson m' s' tht *erh*s the' m' h!e

)een the *ro*hets o% o#.

B. E!en i% Rm n# rishn were *ro*hets

to#' we h!e to %ollow the lst


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n# were to )e %ollowe# onl' %or tht *rti"ulr

*erio# o% time. To#' ll the humn )ein$s

throu$hout the worl# in"lu#in$ In#i shoul#onl' %ollow the lst n# %inl *ro*het n#

Messen$er o% o# 4 *ro*het Muhmm#

+*)uh,.

[email protected] T0E >EDAS A RE>ELATION OF OD

Question:

If Allah has sent His boo#s and re!elations in e!eryperiod, then which re!elation was sent to India) ?an weconsider the Vedas and other Hindu scriptures to be theword of *od)

Answer:

1. Re!eltion sent in e!er' *erio#

The lorious QurJn mentions in Surh R#

"h*ter 1? !erse ?

2For e"h *erio# is )oo( +re!ele#,.2

AlQurJn 1?:?

. Jour re!elations of *od mentioned by name

in ;uran

%y name, only four re!elations of *od are

mentioned in the ;uran

i.e.Torah, #aboor, In$eel and the ;uran


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Torah is the re!elation which was gi!en to @oses

'pbuh(

#abooris the re!elation which was gi!en to 0a!id

'pbuh(

In$eelis the re!elation which was gi!en to :esus

'pbuh(

and ;uran is the last and final re!elation which

was gi!en to the last and final @essenger

@uhammad 'pbuh(.

?. All the *re!ious re!eltions sent onl' %or

their *eo*le

All the re!eltions tht "me )e%ore QurJn

were onl' sent %or their own *eo*le n# were to

)e %ollowe# onl' %or *rti"ulr time *erio#.

4. The QurJn sent %or whole humn(in#

Since the ;uran is the last and final re!elation, it

was not sent only for the @uslims or the Arabs but

it was sent for the whole of human#ind. It is

mentioned in7

1. Surah Ibrahim, chapter


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AlB;uran


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"onsi#er the >e#s n# the other 0in#u

S"ri*tures to )e the re!eltions o% o#2 There

is no tet in the QurJn or Shih 0#ithmentionin$ the nme o% the re!eltion tht ws

sent to In#i. Sin"e the nmes o% the >e#s or

other 0in#u s"ri*tures re no where to )e

%oun# in QurJn n# Shih 0#ith one "nnot

s' %or sure tht the' were the re!eltions o%

o#. The' m' )e the re!eltion o% o# or m'

not )e the re!eltion o% o#.

. E!en i% the >e# ws the wor# o% o#

to#' 'ou h!e to %ollow the QurJn

E!en i% the >e#s n# the other s"ri*tures were

the re!eltions %rom o# the' were onl' ment

%or *eo*le o% tht time n# were to )e %ollowe#

onl' %or tht *rti"ulr *erio# o% time. To#' ll

humn )ein$s throu$h out the worl# in"lu#in$

In#i shoul# onl' %ollow the lst n# %inl

Re!eltion o% o# i.e. the QurJn. Moreo!er

sin"e ll the *re!ious re!eltions were not

ment to )e %ollowe# %or eternit' Almi$ht' o#

#i# not *reser!e them in their ori$inl %orm.

There is not sin$le reli$ious s"ri*ture o% n'

o% the mor reli$ions whi"h "lims to )e the

wor# o% o# n# hs mintine# its *ure

ori$inl tet n# is %ree %rom ltertion

#ultertion n# inter*oltion. Sin"e the

lorious QurJn is to )e %ollowe# %or eternit'

Allh +swt, hs t(en u*on 0imsel% to mintin


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pronounced as ("llah and not as ()lah.

+hen I was in school! I was taught (,! is do! (T! is to. +hat is ('! It is (go and not (gu. (! /!

T is nut! (*! /! T cut0 (B! /! T is but! what is (1! /!

T2 ot (pat but it is (put. If you ask 3+hy23 The

answer is 3It is their language3. If I have to pass I

have to say (1! /! T is (put and not (pat. Similarly

the right pronunciation for "! %! %! "! H! is "llah.

-. ;esus +*)uh, "rie# out Allh Allh when

he ws *ut on the "ross

It is mentione# in the New Testment in the

os*el o% Mthew "h*ter -H !erse 7 s well

s os*el o% Mr( "h*ter 1= !erse ?7 when

;esus +*)uh, ws *ut on the "ross.

;esus "rie# with lou# !oi"e s'in$ 2EJLi EJ

Li lJm s)"hJthni2 tht is to s' KM'

o# M' o# wh' hst Thou Fors(en MeJ

Does this soun# li(e ;eho!h ;eho!h wh'

hs thou %ors(en me Does it soun# li(eAbba

Abba The nswer is KNoJ. 0e)rew n# Ar)i"

re sister ln$u$es n# i% 'ou trnslte 2EJLi

EJLi lJm s)"hJthni2 into Ar)i" it is

KAllh Allh lama tarak taniJ #oes it soun#

similr

This sttement o% ;esus +*)uh, 2EJLi EJLi lJ

m s)"hJthni2 is *reser!e# in its ori$inl

0e)rew in e"h n# e!er' o% its trnsltion


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whi"h is !il)le in more thn -@@@ #i%%erent

ln$u$es o% the worl# n# in e"h n# e!er' o%

them 2Allh2 is *resent.

1. 2Allh2 in Si(hism

One o% the nmes )' whi"h urunn(

Shi) re%erre# to o# is 2Allh2.

-.

1. 2Allh2 in Ri$!e# 8oo( -

0'mn I !erse II

E!en in the Ri$!e# whi"h is the

most s"re# s"ri*ture o% the 0in#us

one o% the ttri)utes $i!en to o#

Almi$ht' in 8oo( no - 0'mn no I

!erse II is KIlaJ whi"h i% *ronoun"e#*ro*erl' is the sme s Allh.

2. Allo U*nish#:

Amon$st the !rious U*nish#s

one o% the U*nish# is nme# s

KAlloJ U*nish# in whi"h o# is

re%erre# to s 2Allh2 se!erl times.

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